Monroe, GA 30656 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Monroe, GA, ZIP 30656
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/03, roughly 218 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/07, about 219 frost-free days later.
Monroe sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Monroe has about 10 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Monroe's last frost
04/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Monroe compares
Monroe's growing season runs about 219 days, ranking 12,979 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within GA, it ranks 770 of 921.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Monroe's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Monroe's dates instead of trusting one.